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The fireplace in the Columbus Room in Fonthill Castle - located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is probably the only remaining original castle built in Pennsylvania. Henry Chapman Mercer began construction in 1908 at the age of 52 and completed construction in 1912. He used steel reinforced concrete that was hand mixed, hauled by Lucy his draft horse and hand laid. Henry was not an architect but learned how to build from books and his trips to Europe. The castle has 10 bathrooms, 5 bedrooms, 5 terraces, 18 fireplaces, 32 stairwells, more than 200 windows, an Otis elevator and 21 chimneys and air vents. Henry died in 1930 at the age of 74 and willed the castle to the Bucks County Historical Society with the stipulation that Frank King Swain, the Moravian Tile manager and his wife Laura Swain, Henry’s housekeeper, could live in the castle. Laura continued to provide tours until her death in 1975.
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Found this place again finally. Saw it years ago and could never find it again. Figured I'd shoot my car while it was there.
Fonthill Castle, named for Beckford's English manse, was the first of three eye-popping (and eye-poppingly early) poured-in-place concrete structures designed and built by former academic and Arts-and-Crafts tile magnate Henry Chapman Mercer. See text on the Mercer Museum for background and commentary.
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Title page of Nouum IESV Christi D.N. Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia. (New Testament in Greek). Paris: Robert Stephen, 1550.
Inscriptions:
‘The Fonthill copy: on back of title. See R.C. Hoare’s 'Modern Wiltshire', Dunworth, p.27’.
‘De hac edition magnificantisima, vide Marchium in Bibliotheca Longiana, I. 209-214.’
‘Textius Receptus presented by R. Stephens Pari 1550. This copy belonged to William Beckford, Fonthill Abbey.’
‘John Hyde. Fort William in Bengal. Oc. 22nd 1774.’
‘Bought at Mr Hydes auction & given to J. Farquhar by J. Fleming.’
Produced by the famed scholar/printer Robert Stephanus (Estienne). It was the first Greek Testament printed with a critical apparatus providing variant readings along with symbols to indicate the manuscript evidence. The text relied heavily upon the Complutensian Polyglot. This Testament is known as the Editio Regia because the beautiful Greek font, designed by Claude Garamond, was commissioned and paid for by the king of France. The authoritative text that resulted from the manuscript collation laid the foundation for the textus receptus.’
William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) inherited Fonthill in 1770 on the death of his father. Throughout his later years he ordered numerous books for examination and kept only those few that pleased him. On his death he bequeathed 10,0000 books to his daughter Susan. In 1822 he sold the estate to John Farquhar for £330,000 and eventually settled in Lansdown Crescent in Bath.
John Hyde (c.1737-1796) was a Puisne Judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal (Calcutta) from 1774 until his death in 1796. His youngest daughter Caroline Francis married Robert Walpole. This volume was bought at ‘Mr Hydes auction’, possibly in Bengal/Calcutta following his death in 1796, and given to John Farquhar by J. Fleming.
John Farquhar (1751-1826) was selected by Lord Cornwallis, governor-general of Bengal, to conduct researches into gunpower manufacture and he ultimately became sole contractor to the government. He amassed a fortune and in 1814 returned to England. In 1822 he purchased Fonthill Abbey from William Beckford and he occasionally lived there until the fall of the tower in December 1825, shortly after which he sold the estate. Besides having a special knowledge of chemistry Farquhar was an accomplished classical scholar. His religious beliefs were modified by his strong admiration of the moral system of the Brahmans.
It would therefore appear that this book was in 1774 in the possession of John Hyde in Bengal/Calcutta. At some point it was sold at auction and purchased by J. Fleming who gave it to John Farquhar, possibly while he was owner of Fonthill Abbey (1822-c.1825). It does not appear that this book was ever the property of William Beckford.
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Made and designed by Jacki Morningstar and longarm quilted by Kelly Corfe of The Quilting Bee Quilt Shop in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada.
This is the back side of the super cool museum . Read the following but they don't talk about the real vampire hunting kit or the gallows that the kids love to see .
The Mercer Museum is a history museum of everyday life in America during the 18th and 19th centuries. Henry Mercer (1856-1930) gathered the collection and constructed the Museum.The collection of some 40,000 objects documents the lives and tasks of early Americans through the tools that met their needs and wants prior to the Industrial Revolution, or about 1850. Visitors can choose their own paths through the Museum. Most of the 55 exhibit rooms and alcoves display the tools or products of an early American craft, trade or occupation. Other rooms show categories of objects such as lighting devices or architectural hardware.
Fonthill was the home of the archeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms. The interior was originally painted in pastel colors, but age and sunlight have all but eradicated any hint of the former hues. It contains much built-in furniture and is embellished with decorative tiles that Mercer made at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Unexpected bonus! Inspection car no. 723 trundles through Clondalkin/Fonthill. Oh for a career where I could bounce around in something like this across the network! Maybe someday.
1970s Family portrait possibly at either Winterthur Museum Garden and Library in Delaware or the Mercer Museum Fonthill Castle Doylestown PA or Longwood Gardens PA - photo by Debby Alexander
Christina Proteau
[Fonthill, ON] – August 28, 2018 – Canadian Women's Mid Am & Senior Lookout Point Country Club
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You Rule quilt designed by Brigitte Heitland, pieced and quilting by Kelly Corfe of The Quilting Bee Quilt Shop in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada, www.thequiltbee.com
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"Fonthill, also known as Fonthill Castle, was the home of the American archeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms. The home was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonthill_(house)
Christina Proteau
[Fonthill, ON] – August 28, 2018 – Canadian Women's Mid Am & Senior Lookout Point Country Club
Photo by: Golf Canada
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These photos were taken in Fonthill Cemetary, Fonthill, ON - October 30, 2010 by Crack'd Lens Photography